Full Text of SB2094 97th General Assembly
SB2094sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Carole Pankau Filed: 3/8/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2094
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2094 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 10-17a and by adding Section 10-20.53 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-17a. Better schools accountability.
| 8 | | (1) Policy and
Purpose. It shall be the policy of the State | 9 | | of Illinois that each school
district in this State, including | 10 | | special charter districts and districts
subject to the | 11 | | provisions of Article 34, shall submit to parents, taxpayers
of | 12 | | such district, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the | 13 | | State
Board of Education a school report card assessing the | 14 | | performance of its
schools and students. The report card shall | 15 | | be an index of school
performance measured against statewide | 16 | | and local standards and will provide
information to make prior |
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| 1 | | year comparisons and to set future year targets
through the | 2 | | school improvement plan.
| 3 | | (2) Reporting Requirements. Each school district shall | 4 | | prepare a report
card in accordance with the guidelines set | 5 | | forth in this Section which
describes the performance of its | 6 | | students by school attendance centers and
by district and the | 7 | | district's financial resources and use of financial
resources. | 8 | | Such report
card shall be presented at a regular school board | 9 | | meeting subject to
applicable notice requirements,
posted on | 10 | | the
school district's Internet web site, if the district | 11 | | maintains an Internet web
site,
made available
to a newspaper | 12 | | of general circulation serving the district, and, upon
request, | 13 | | sent
home to a parent (unless the district does not maintain an | 14 | | Internet web site,
in which case
the report card shall be sent | 15 | | home to parents without request). If the
district posts the | 16 | | report card on its Internet web
site, the district
shall send a
| 17 | | written notice home to parents stating (i) that the report card | 18 | | is available on
the web site,
(ii) the address of the web site, | 19 | | (iii) that a printed copy of the report card
will be sent to
| 20 | | parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone number that | 21 | | parents may
call to
request a printed copy of the report card.
| 22 | | In addition, each school district shall submit the
completed | 23 | | report card to the office of the district's Regional
| 24 | | Superintendent which shall make copies available to any | 25 | | individuals
requesting them.
| 26 | | The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior |
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| 1 | | to October 31
in each school year. The report card shall | 2 | | contain, but
not be limited to, actual local school attendance | 3 | | center, school district
and statewide data indicating the | 4 | | present performance of the school, the
State norms and the | 5 | | areas for planned improvement for the school and school
| 6 | | district.
| 7 | | (3) (a) The report card shall include the following | 8 | | applicable
indicators of attendance center, district, and | 9 | | statewide student
performance: percent of students who exceed, | 10 | | meet, or do not meet
standards established by the
State Board | 11 | | of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.25a; composite and subtest
| 12 | | means on
nationally normed achievement tests for
college bound | 13 | | students; student attendance rates; chronic
truancy rate; | 14 | | dropout rate;
graduation rate;
and student
mobility, turnover
| 15 | | shown as a percent of transfers out and a percent of transfers | 16 | | in.
| 17 | | (b) The report card shall include the following | 18 | | descriptions for the
school,
district, and State: average
class | 19 | | size; amount of time per day devoted to mathematics, science,
| 20 | | English and social science at primary,
middle and junior high | 21 | | school grade levels;
designation of a secondary school as an | 22 | | Illinois Democracy School; number of students taking the | 23 | | Prairie State Achievement Examination under
subsection (c) of
| 24 | | Section 2-3.64, the number of those students who received a | 25 | | score of excellent,
and
the average score by school of students | 26 | | taking the examination;
pupil-teacher ratio; |
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| 1 | | pupil-administrator ratio;
operating expenditure per
pupil; | 2 | | district expenditure by fund; average administrator salary; | 3 | | and average
teacher salary.
The report card shall also specify | 4 | | the amount of money that the district
receives from all | 5 | | sources, including without limitation subcategories
specifying | 6 | | the amount from local property taxes, the amount from
general | 7 | | State aid, the amount from other State funding, and the amount
| 8 | | from other income.
| 9 | | (c) The report card shall include applicable indicators of | 10 | | parental
involvement in each attendance center. The parental | 11 | | involvement component
of the report card shall include the | 12 | | percentage of students whose parents
or guardians have had one | 13 | | or more personal contacts with the students'
teachers during | 14 | | the school year concerning the students' education, and such
| 15 | | other information, commentary, and suggestions as the school | 16 | | district
desires. For the purposes of this paragraph, "personal | 17 | | contact" includes,
but is not limited to, parent-teacher | 18 | | conferences, parental visits to
school, school visits to home, | 19 | | telephone conversations, and written
correspondence. The | 20 | | parental involvement component shall not single out or
identify | 21 | | individual students, parents, or guardians by name.
| 22 | | (d) The report card form shall be prepared by the State | 23 | | Board of
Education and provided to school districts by the most | 24 | | efficient, economic,
and appropriate means.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 new) | 2 | | Sec. 10-20.53. Illinois Democracy School. A school board | 3 | | may designate any of its secondary schools as Illinois | 4 | | Democracy Schools if the school receives accreditation as such | 5 | | by a not-for-profit accreditation board consisting of | 6 | | educators, administrators, students, universities, funders, | 7 | | elected officials, policymakers, and representatives from the | 8 | | public, private, and non-profit sectors. An Illinois Democracy | 9 | | School shall provide students with experiences in the rights, | 10 | | responsibilities, and tensions inherent in living in a | 11 | | constitutional democracy; consciously promote civic engagement | 12 | | by all students; focus on fostering participatory citizenship; | 13 | | place an emphasis on helping students understand how the | 14 | | fundamental ideals and principles of our democratic society | 15 | | relate to the problems, opportunities, and controversies that | 16 | | matter in the present; collaborate with parents, students, and | 17 | | their communities in developing a civic mission and in | 18 | | providing curricular and extra-curricular civic learning | 19 | | experiences for all students; and engage students in a | 20 | | continual process of improving and increasing civic learning.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 30, | 22 | | 2011.".
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